UPSC SSC Quiz — 13 October 2026 | 10 MCQ

Q1 / 10

Which of the following best defines 'Conservation'?

A) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

B) The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region

C) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or

D) Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm; unprotected or helpless.

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✅ C) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or

Q2 / 10

Which of the following is opposite in meaning to 'Subjective'?

A) Resilience

B) Mandate

C) objective

D) Frontier

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✅ C) objective

Q3 / 10

Identify the synonym of 'Frontier'.

A) border

B) Intergovernmental

C) Consumption

D) Ruling

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✅ A) border

Q4 / 10

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Vulnerable'.

A) Resilience

B) in danger

C) Ruling

D) Mandate

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✅ B) in danger

Q5 / 10

Which of the following best defines 'Mandate'?

A) Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, not upon

B) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

C) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or

D) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial

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✅ D) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial

Q6 / 10 Also in SSC 2023

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Ruling'.

A) pronouncement

B) Vulnerable

C) Conservation

D) Frontier

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✅ A) pronouncement Also in SSC 2023

Q7 / 10

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Resilience'.

A) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

B) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial

C) Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm; unprotected or helpless.

D) Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, not upon

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✅ A) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

Q8 / 10

The word 'Intergovernmental' means -

A) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial

B) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or

C) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

D) Of, relating to, or involving two or more governments.

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✅ D) Of, relating to, or involving two or more governments.

Q9 / 10

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Consumption'.

A) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

B) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or

C) The act of eating, drinking or using.

D) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial

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✅ C) The act of eating, drinking or using.

Q10 / 10 Also in SSC 2023

Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word: PROFITEERING

A) Vagary

B) Exploitation

C) Confession

D) Diagnosis

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✅ B) Exploitation Also in SSC 2023